The House Majority whip. Thank you for being with us. This is the first time weve had a chance to talk to you since the passing of your wife, known and loved by so many as dr. M. I want to pass on our heartfelt feelings of sympathy to you and your family. Thank you very much for that. Thank you for having me this morning. Bill taylor, the senior u. S. Diplomat in ukraine, the former ambassador to ukraine, he testifies today behind closed doors. He is the one who wrote in a text message, are we now saying that Security Assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations . Where does he fit in to the congressional impeachment investigation in your mind . I think hes a very, very important piece of all of this. I think that we can go back and forth with our opinions about what may or may not have happened, but when we get this kind of a document and we hear these kinds of expressions, we know that within this administration, there were people raising red flags. There were people offering alternatives. There were people who just were trying to raise caution, and it seems as if mr. Taylor was one of those people. So i think his testimony today would be very, very critical to whether or not we ought to move forward with impeachment. You still have questions about whether or not you ought to move forward with impeachment . I personally dont have any questions, but i really feel that in spite of what i may feel, we ought to lay out the facts. We ought to gather them so the American People, many of whom do have questions, can see very clearly and succinctly exactly what the issue is all about. Thats the responsibility that we have here as a congress. And i would hope that people will allow us that. The problem we have now is when we look at past history, we dont have a special counsel doing this, doing the investigations in secret. We have to gather these facts as congress. And we are doing this where in the past youve had special counsel doing it away from public view. And when they are ready, they will lay out for us whether or not we should go forward. You led me right to my next question about the timing. Let me read to you cnns reporting on what could be an extended timeline in this impeachment inquiry which you seem to allude to. Democrats say the initial hope among some in their party was the matter could be wrapped up before the end of the fall. That now seems overly ambitious. I think its more like between thanksgiving and christmas for the end of the investigation, said one democratic member involved in the probe. After that, its a strategic decision about when to bring it to the floor. So if you are looking at the calendar, and this is part of your job as part of leadership, when do you want the full house to be voting on articles of impeachment . As a majority whip, its really part of my job. It is my responsibility to gather the votes. And i would be much more comfortable if we were to do this in such a way that everybody in our caucus will be comfortable with the timeline. As i have lived quite awhile now, but with every passing day, i think about those old adages, haste makes waste is one of them. Lets not be hasty here. Lets take our times. Lets do what is necessary to lay the foundations, and i really believe that we ought to have the American People satisfied with the product once its reduced. Does that mean before christmas, congressman . I would hope its before christmas but it may be after thanksgiving as well. So between thanksgiving and christmas . Im not going to put a timeline on it, but thats kind of where i feel. Because after new years, you run into the democratic president ial contest. Iowa just 104 days away. Do you have concerns there could be overlap there . Well, iowa wont be until february. South carolina falls into that window as well. Even if were not done before christmas, it could be done just after new years and still be out in front of the president ial caucuses and primaries. I am loathed to read president ial tweets often when theyre intentionally inflammatory or say things that are not true, but the president just wrote something moments ago that i feel requires your reaction to this. He is trying to coalesce Republican Opposition to the impeachment inquiry and just wrote, all republicans must remember what they are witnessing here, a lynching. The president just called this impeachment inquiry a lynching. Your reaction. Well, the president has also been pretty loose with his words, and this is another indication of that. I really believe this man is prone to inflammatory statements and that is one word no president ought to apply to himself. You know, ive studied president ial history quite a bit, and i dont know if weve ever seen anything quite like this. Andrew johnson never would have described what was happening to him this way. And certainly bill clinton didnt, nor did nixon. So this president is hopefully an anomaly. Does using a word like that in a situation like this offend your sense of history . Yes it does. Very much so. I am not just a politician. Im a southern politician. Im a product of the south. I know the history of that word. That is a word that we ought to be very, very careful about using. Congressman, we opened this segment by offering our condolences for the loss of your wife. The full congress this week is mourning the loss of chairman elijah cummings. And i know thursday and friday of this week there will be some ceremonies for that. I want to get your thoughts on the chairman. Well, he was just a magnificent person. Elijah cummings and i were very close friends, as you probably know. His roots in south carolina. His parents came out of the mt. Zero baptist church. It was the biggest crowd i had ever seen in that church. Every bench was full of people, the balcony full of people. He was dearly beloved by a lot of people. People associated him with maryland. But we loved him in south carolina. And he came back to his roots very often on my behalf and for others. We have lost a real giant whose shoulders were very strong for all of us to stand upon. And i really, really grieve with his family and his constituents as well. Congressman jim clyburn, we are sorry for your loss and very appreciative of you being here this morning. Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having me. Alisyn . All right. Look. Two very interesting things from the congressman. I think he just gave us the parameters of the timeline. He said between thanksgiving and christmas on a vote. I guess, if they can get it done. The timeline keeps shifting because they keep getting more information. That means the house vote where does that put the senate trial if there is one . Does that push it until after the new year . He wouldnt commit to a vote closer to thanksgiving so perhaps there. And is his reaction to the president s use of the word lynching there. I think he was deeply offended. Yeah, he had to process that in realtime as we all did. The top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine arrives on capitol hill any moment for this critical testimony in the impeachment probe. What will bill taylor reveal . And we have exclusive cnn reporting on a rift in the royal family. Are prince harrys comments being taken the wrong way . Must be hot out there, huh . Not especially. [ slurping continues ] what you drinking . Gasoline. Right, but i mean, whats in the cup . Gasoline. [ slurping ] for those who were born to ride, theres progressive. For those who were born to ride, alice loves the smell of gain so much, she wished it came in a fabric softener too. [throat clears] say hello to your fairy godmother, alice. 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Heres what the is on the president s mind and what hes just said. Some day if a democrat becomes president and the republicans win the house, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the president without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All republicans must remember what they are witnessing here. A lynching. We will will win . Thats grotesque. People ought to go to montgomery, alabama, where there is a new, the last couple of years, the National Memorial to the victims of lynching. And its an extraordinary thing. And lynching is an actual thing that happened in this country. There are thousands of people, virtually all africanamericans, who were lynched. That is killed without any sort of due process. And its a tremendous stain on the history of this country. There are people alive who have memories of seeing lynchings back in the 20s and 30s. Its just grotesque that the president in his selfabsorbtion and ignorance would invoke lynching there. Its also a pattern. Using the most inflammatory possible language to make a point about how things are being unfair to him. But in doing so really trying to get into the countrys deep racial wounds. This is often what he does in an attempt to get peoples attention, to be controversial, to be inflammatory. But it doesnt make any sense in this context, and i dont think we in some ways, i dont think we should indulge the effort to kind of make this about some controversy that he is concocting on social media in order to get people to focus on this tweet and not why hes so upset which is we debated whether or not to talk about it, but i think the reason we decided that this would be a moment to talk about this is our factchecker says that its the first time the president has used the term lynching, at least in a tweet. And again, if theres a spectrum, it just goes it seems to go farther down that spectrum. But this is about the history of the word lynching. The president knows what lynching is in this country. He was not born yesterday. He understands what that means. And i think hes doing it intentionally and its in part to really get a rise out of people. But doing it on the backs of something that is deeply hurtful to a lot of people in this country. And look go ahead. We should also note David Gregory is with us here. Go ahead. I think the fact that he is this is grotesque. And to inject this into the political bloodstream is just another example. And at a critically grave time right now in the country and in our politics, that the president adheres to no limits and there are no boundaries. And what this is is really a stain on the presidency itself which is much bigger than him. But hes using it in seeking to delegitimize it in a way and to delegitimize any political process that has him as a target. Thats the more lasting damage that hes doing. And i say its such a grave time because republicans who are already in a very difficult position of having to defend him have to wake up yet again and face Something Else that they have to answer for if theyre going to stand by him in front of their constituents. Im sure theyre going to tell us they havent read the tweet or theyre deeply uncomfortable with it. Or mitch mcconnell, i dont comment on tweets. The why and the when of this tweet to me seem relatively obvious which is that were like 40 minutes away from hearing from ambassador bill taylor. The senior diplomat in ukraine. In the words that we have seen from him, are as damning as the words the president just wrote about himself. Bill taylor is the one who in Text Messages to Ambassador Gordon Sondland suggested that he was concerned there was a quid pro quo. He wrote, are we now saying that Security Assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations . Jeffrey toobin to which sondland responded call me. Call me, maybe. Is taylor minutes away to quote blondie. Youre welcome. Youre always good on these musical references. Call me, maybe. Thats a different i remember now gregory wants in on this. I remember blondie, of course. The gray haired caucus here. The point is, is that taylor at least on paper or digitally, ironically, might be the most important witness yet because he is someone who has a contemporaneous record of expressing concerns about a quid pro quo. Exactly. If you believe, and i think its correct that the core accusation here is that the entire relationship of the United States to ukraine was based not on the National Interest but was based on getting dirt on the president s political opponents. The most provocative statement we have from a witness who is not the president himself is that tweet because that tweet spells it out. Conditioned on is quid pro quo ell see what he says. And, of course, well see what he says about what prompted him to send that text message. Thats the most important bill taylor is a longtime hes highly regarded and respected. Long time career diplomat. He knows how things normally run. So he will be able to testify today about what got what was so aroused his i dont know, suspicion or anger that you engage in these. He was always hesitant to take that job according to our reporting in part because of what he saw the former ambassador to ukraine being pushed out of the job. So, clearly, he was already suspicious about what was going on here and just like Gordon Sondland writes this lawyerly tweet, call me. Lets not put this in writing. What bill taylor is doing is putting it in writing, trying very much to make sure that his concerns are reflected on paper so that for a time such as this, when we are now looking at those messages, and seeing clearly that there were people who were raising those concerns at the time, in the moment, and believe that there was something fishy going on. David gregory who joins us from studio 54, what are you looking for this morning in the testimony . Well, speaking about one of my contemporaries, dean achison, former secretary of state. Hes be appalled theres all this texting going on in diplomatic circles. But to be serious about that, the fact that taylor wanted to make a record is because he understood how inappropriate this relationship was and this course was. And i think whats been striking about the congressional investigation so far, the inquiry so far, is how much deeper this ukraine story goes than just the phone call. From sondland himself who was a political appointee, we got ow uncomfortable he was with what the president is doing. Now well get more, perhaps to amplify on the reporting and the times in the post this morning about the extent to which that President Trump was being led down this path by authoritarians in Central Europe and russia to marginalize ukraine. Not representing u. S. Interests. When you have a government that is a fledgling democracy, trying to look toward the west and reform that trump looked at ukraine, on the advice of giuliani and others saying, no, lets use it to get to the bottom of how we can get dirt on political opponents. Davids point relates to what you were talking to congressman clyburn about earlier which is this investigation is taking a little longer than they expected. When they thought it was just sort of the partial transcript, lets go to impeachment, thats one version of this investigation. Now, as david points out, there are the tentacles of this story are getting spread wider and wider which is creating its good if you are looking for evidence, but it takes longer to collect it which do they have to collect it all . The democrats have to decide today if they have to collect it all or if they want to wrap this up before the end of the year. You can go down a million different tentacles and rabbit holes and they can do that forever. But it sounds like they now feel some pressing timeline. Absolutely. And remember, the actual impeachment hearings will not be before adam schiffs intelligence committee. Theyll have to sort of gin it up all over again to do it before the Judiciary Committee which is a complex process. Going to take some time. Already here we are in latish october. Its hard to think how that can get done by the end of the year. If you are a republican who doesnt want to take a vote on whether to remove the president in the senate, doesnt it get a lot easier after the first of the year to say, if this is a close call y dont we let the Voters Decide because were almost there anyway . And the argument gets harder for democrats to make. But the question about, should they not just take a vote here depends on what nancy pelosi wants to do. She could take the vote tomorrow. But if she wants to build a Critical Mass of republican support, she might need more time to do that. We might need more information to come out. The censure vote yesterday against adam schiff, 185 republicans voted for it and not one single one voted against it might show that shes not building a lot of support in the house for impeachment right now. Fair point. Thank you very much for that. Iraq says u. S. Troops leaving syria cannot stay in iraq. This as turkey hopes to resume its military offensive soon. Were going to speak with a congressman just back from the middle east, next. Underserved bd the technology that they need in school, theyre not going to be competitive in the workforce thats waiting for them. Since verizon innovative learning, students have hardware, connectivity, and quality curriculum. The jobs of tomorrow will involve technology. Now students are truly hopeful for what they may achieve. But you dont feel good. With polycythemia vera, pv, symptoms can change so slowly over time you might not notice. But new or changing symptoms can mean your pv is changing. 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Meanwhile, a Bipartisan Group of lawmakers have just return frod aim trip to the middle east where they went to review the security situation there. One of them is democratic congressman steven lynch. He want a trip to jordan and afghanistan. And also serves on the House Oversight committee. Youre the perfect person for us to speak to this morning. Thanks for being here. Tell us what you saw in terms of security in jordan and afghanistan. Good morning, alisyn. As you know, jordan has a long border with syria. So theyre already receiving huge numbers of refugees in respect to the incursion in Northern Syria. Theyre also concerned about the longterm security implications. Theyve been a great partner with the u. S. And israel in policing that area and also providing security to both israel and jordan. Theyre deeply concerned that the president s decision unannounced to them has really given the iranian militia and also Bashar Al Assad and other rebel groups in that area to have full sway. They destabilized the region by withdrawing those u. S. Troops and allowing the Turkish Military to come in. Here is what President Trump said about his rationale for why he didnt believe it was any necessary any longer to protect the kurds. So listen to this moment. They hated isis so they were fighting isis. But we never agreed. Where is an agreement that said we have to stay in the middle east for the rest of humanity, for the rest of civilization to protect the kurds . It never said that. And we have protected them. Weve taken very good care of them. And i hope theyre going to watch over isis. The president hopes theyll at there in the region about all of this . Well, now that the kurds have to defend themselvest the turks, the detention of 80,000 former isis fighters and families is actually secondary to their own survival. So weve already seen some isis fighters escape in the chaos that the president has created by pulling out u. S. Troops. Look, we dont have to stay in, in the middle east for the end of until the end of humanity. We were trying to defeat isis. We were very close to doing that when the president precipitously changed our policy. Now, not only is our commitment in syria to establishing a democracy and stabilizing that area, but when we visited afghanistan, they are worried now that this president will do the exact same thing to them. Meanwhile, theyre trying to recruit people into the afghan military. But they are fearful that the u. S. Will pull out again without notice and leave them abandoned. So its hurt our credibility, i think, in a number of areas. In terms of credibility, the president also promised when he was running for president that he was going to bring u. S. Troops home. And at first he said thats what he he was doing here but hes not bringing u. S. Troops home. At this hour, their future and their location is uncertain. Right. Right. Its apparent that the movement of these troops from syria into iraq violates the status of forces agreement with iraq. The president also deployed another thousand troops into saudi arabia. I was there two weeks ago. So hes not bringing them home. Hes deploying them. He also made a statement that while we had no interest in defending the kurds who were fighting for their freedom, we do have an interest in oil. And apparently the president s implication is that its okay to put our sons and daughters in harms way to defend oil supply but not to defend the principles of democracy and human rights, which they were doing previously in Northern Syria. Lets talk about whats happening there in the halls of capitol hill in front of your committee today. And that is the special envoy to ukraine, bill taylor, will be coming to speak to you. How important a day is this . Do you think . And what do you want to hear from him . This is another important deposition, another important interview. As you know, ambassador taylor has firsthand knowledge of the president s conversations and his attempts to trade military aid to ukraine in return for ukraine getting involved politically, on a political hit on one of his opponents, joe biden. So in the past, ambassador the administration to try to trade military aid for a political favor. So were obviously going to go into that line of questioning during todays hearing, which starts at about 9 30. In terms of the timeline, weve heard it might be shifting. In terms of the impeachment inquiry and when you all might be ready to vote on articles of impeachment. So whats your view from where you sit on the on that Important Committee . Well, were doing three things. Obviously, were continuing our investigations. Were continuing to litigate. Weve had two very strong two very strong decisions in the District Court in d. C. And the District Court in the Southern District of new york. Were also continuing to legislate. So its not were getting closer. We did not expect all of these witnesses to come out. Thats part of the delay that we have so many people. There were 12 people on that phone call with the president. And they, in turn, had a group of people trying to help them conceal the transcript of that phone call. So weve got a lot of people weve got to talk to. But were getting closer. And does that mean before the end of the year . I wouldnt care to speculate. Id like to allow my colleagues, mr. Schiff and mr. Engel, as well as the Oversight Committee to complete their work before we make that decision. If we go to an impeachment decision, its very, very important that we go with the best evidence. Even if that takes im just curious. Even if that drags into an election year, youd be willing to stretch the timeline just to gather the evidence . Theres obviously a cutoff point, alisyn. We think its important to make this decision. Time is of the essence. Lets put it that way. We understand that. And we will make that decision as soon as possible in order to give ourselves the full menu of options going forward. Okay. Congressman stephen lynch, we appreciate you coming on and look forward to what comes out of todays hearing. Prince harry said he and his brother are on different paths. What exactly does that mean . Interpreted around the world widely as some sort of royal rift. Exclusive reporting on whats going on behind the scenes. At hertz, we know that a change of scenery shouldnt mean a change in standards. Thats why thanks to you were rated number one in Customer Satisfaction by j. 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We dont see each other as much as we used to because were so busy, but, you know, i love him dearly and the majority of the stuff is probably the majority of stuff is created out of nothing. But, you know, its just, as brothers, you know, you have good days. You have bad days. Well, a senior royal source tells cnns max foster this morning that the brothers have been in touch and that the media and british tabloids are taking those comments too far. Following the documentary, palace insiders say Prince William was worried about prince harry and his wife meghan. Those remarks were picked up by uk publications. The source reacted to the many headlines telling cnn that prince haurry has never shied away from talking about his own Mental Health and the importance of Mental Fitness and wellbeing. I thought it was a little surprising that the clips were broadcast while harrys elder brother, duke of cambridge and his wife, were doing an official visit very successfully to afghanistan. I wondered about the constant references from the interviewer to Mental Health. To me, this is an issue about the strains and stresses of being in the Public Domain the whole time, and it really is very difficult. Is it about Mental Health . Im not so sure about that. But i thought what came through, what was a very genuine, very loving young couple working hard to make the best of a pretty difficult role. They added any sibling or person seeing that talk of Mental Health would, of course, be concerned but said the tabloids and briefings by socalled palace insiders and socalled friends are examples of prince harry and meghan hysteria. The ceasefire in Northern Syria between turkish and Kurdish Forces is set to expire in just hours. All eyes on the turkish leader, including those of our next guest who knows president erdogan all too well. Im joined by ennis kanter, a center for the boston celtics. When talking about president erdogan, this is not an abstraction to you. This is your life. Let me read something you wrote. You havent seen or talked to your family in five years. Jailed my dad. My siblings cant find jobs. Revoked my passport. International arrest warrant. My family cant leave the country. Got attacked, harassed. Tried to kidnap me in indonesia. Freedom is not free. So as we watch president erdogan on the world stage this morning, to you, what kind of a man is he . Well, like i said again, freedom is not free. And when i talk about this issue, of course, it affected me and my family. And you ask me what kind of person he is that he has no respect for human rights. There is no democracy. There is no freedom of speech, religion or expression in turkey. Im trying to create awareness of whats going on because i have a platform. Im trying to use the platform to be the voice of all those innocent people who dont have one. Its very sad because in the end, its my country. I love my country. Whats happened in my country is definitely heartbreaking. Theres a lot riding on president erdogan today in the United States among others, putting a lot of faith in him and trust to keep his word. How much trust do you place in the word of president erdogan. I dont have no trust. I have no trust in him for sure because, i mean, what hes doing is, disrespectful to his country and his people and hes definitely a very bad man. I called him the hitler of our century for a reason. If you see whats happening in all over the world, especially syria to the innocent kurds, its a human tragedy. Just so people know, what are the roots of his issues with you . Why has he been after you, in your mind, for these years . Because i talk about human rights. I talk about i stand for democracy and freedom of speech. So just because when i talk it goes viral. And he hates that. So just because i talk about these issues, he is, like i said, it affects me and my family, but people know my story because i play in nba, but there are thousands and thousands of stories out there way worse than mine. So what i said, im trying to be the voice of all those innocent people who dont have one. So thats why im trying to create awareness of whats going on in turkey. Again, now its spreading beyond the borders of turkey into Northern Syria and there are kurds there. You point out, the kurdish issue when you grow up in turkey is very different. Its all around you. You grew up in eastern turkey and kurds were your neighbors and friends, yes . Yeah, i grew up in turkey and have kurd friends and theyre amaizing people. Whats happening is a human tragedy because lots of innocent men, women, kids and babies are dying. And i think turkey should stop its invasion in syria and they should definitely stop working with the isisminded militants on the ground. When you see the trump administration, mike pence and the secretary of state mike pompeo last week going to meet with erdogan, how do you feel about the u. S. Outreach and in some cases, President Trump seems to have faith in president erdogan . True. I mean, like i said, im not an expert on whats going on with american politics or american politicians, but what im trying to do is im trying to tell this world, listen. This man is not a good man. And he should not be trusted. And, of course, whats happened there is heartbreaking. And so, like i said, im going to whatever happens, whatever ah fe affects me, whatever sacrifice i have to make, i have to stand up for whats right. We respect the use of your time, how much effort you put in to talking about freedom and how you choose to live your life. We truly hope one day you get to go home to turkey on a completely different note, i want to say in the next few minutes you have to go across the street to practice for the celtics. Your first game is tomorrow night. As a point of personal privilege, i hope you can tell me, how are we going to do this year . And i say we because im part of this. I feel like we have something very special. So do i. I know, john, you are a big celtics fan, and i really appreciate for your support. But i think its going to be a very exciting season. Celtics fans are always there for us. And they are amazing. The best fans in the world. So i just cannot wait to start the season tomorrow and just go from there because all the guys in the locker room are willing to learn. Hard working guys. And its going to be a very exciting season. Were going to shock a lot of people out there. Enes kanter, thank you for being with us and speaking out and talking to us about these issues that affect so many people around the world. Thank you. Means a lot to me. I really appreciate it. Alisyn . When he says, we have something really special. You interpreted that as you and he. Thats exactly what he said. Thats exactly what he said. It is what he said. Im going to take him at his word. Moments from now, the top u. S. Diplomat in ukraine will testify in the impeachment hearing. Yeah, like a regular person. No. Still half bike half man, just the opposite. Oh, so the legs on the bottom and motorcycle on the top . Yeah. Yeah, i could see that. For those who were born to ride, theres progressive. 6, 7, 8 i could see that. Big dreams start with small steps. But dedication can get you there. So just start small. Start saving. Easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. Chase. Make more of whats yours®. All right. Good tuesday morning, everyone. Im poppy harlow in new york. Jim sciutto has the day off. Moments away on capitol hill, testimony set to begin from the man who could be the most important impeachment witness so far. His name, bill taylor. Currently the top official at the u. S. Embassy in ukraine. Of course, youll remember him as the one who questioned the white houses pressure on ukraine to open an investigation into the bidens sending this text message to a fellow diplomat